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I am working on setting up Timeshift, and one of the requirements is for one of the subvolumes to be called @, instead right now mine is called @root.
It seems like it should be trivial to rename it, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it.
Last edited by renordw (2019-04-15 18:33:51)
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You can just use mv. Remember to update any references to the old name in e.g. fstab/boot configs/scripts/etc.
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You can just use mv. Remember to update any references to the old name in e.g. fstab/boot configs/scripts/etc.
Thank you for the reply, but I am still confused... What exactly do I mv?
$ btrfs sub list /
ID 257 gen 36711 top level 5 path @root
ID 258 gen 36716 top level 5 path @var
ID 259 gen 36716 top level 5 path @home
ID 261 gen 36118 top level 258 path @var/lib/portables
ID 262 gen 36118 top level 258 path @var/lib/machines
$ cat /etc/fstab
UUID=6940ef85-e105-4090-9b7a-*** / btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd,ssd,space_cache,commit=120,subvol=/@root 0 0
UUID=6940ef85-e105-4090-9b7a-*** /var btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd,ssd,space_cache,commit=120,subvol=/@var 0 0
UUID=6940ef85-e105-4090-9b7a-*** /home btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd,ssd,space_cache,commit=120,subvol=/@home 0 0
I can't see that the name @root corresponds to an actual place in the file system...
Last edited by renordw (2019-04-15 17:21:07)
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It's on the root of the btrfs filesystem (subvol=/). Since you're actively booted into @root, you'll need to boot a liveCD, mount the btrfs filesystem, and move the @root subvolume there (and update references, etc.)
Alternatively, you can just create a snapshot of @root called @ and boot that instead (again, updating refs.).
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It's on the root of the btrfs filesystem (subvol=/). Since you're actively booted into @root, you'll need to boot a liveCD, mount the btrfs filesystem, and move the @root subvolume there (and update references, etc.)
Alternatively, you can just create a snapshot of @root called @ and boot that instead (again, updating refs.).
Right. I like that second option way more! Thank you. I'll mark it solved after I don't fumble it up.
EDIT: Actually wound up doing the first...
For posterity's sake: just make sure to update fstab and your systemd-boot loader entry. (at least)
Last edited by renordw (2019-04-15 18:33:35)
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It's possible to mount the top-level subvolume:
# mount -o subvolid=0 /dev/sda1 /mnt
# mount | grep btrfs
/dev/nvme0n1p7 on / type btrfs (rw,noatime,seclabel,compress=zstd:3,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=274,subvol=/root)
/dev/nvme0n1p7 on /boot type btrfs (rw,noatime,seclabel,compress=zstd:3,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=339,subvol=/boot)
/dev/nvme0n1p7 on /home type btrfs (rw,noatime,seclabel,compress=zstd:3,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=258,subvol=/home)
/dev/nvme0n1p7 on /mnt type btrfs (rw,relatime,seclabel,compress=zstd:3,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=5,subvol=/)
During btrfs development, the top-level subvolume was assigned ID 5, but ID 0 is aliased to 5, so take your pick, they can be used interchangeably. Some tools, e.g. snapper, make use of `btrfs subvolume set-default` which affects what subvolume is mounted with `mount` by default (if you omit subvol= or subvolid= options). At mkfs time, this is set to ID 5, so if it hasn't been changed, if you just mount with no options to /mnt, you'll see the top-level there.
It is possible to rename subvolumes while they're mounted, and `mount` will immediately show the change. It's not like you've just ripped out the subvolume from under your running system.
Last edited by cmurf (2019-09-06 16:23:09)
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